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Stiq Figures, April 30 – May 6: SG-1000 edition
Welcome to Stiq Figures, where the sales data is after the break and the posts don’t matter. Every week, we take a…
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Finger Puppet Frenzy
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…
Call of Duty Elite Boasts 2 Million Premium Subscribers
The sales juggernaut that is ‘Call of Duty’ refuses to slow down, with Activision’s financial reports confirming Elite subscriptions over 10 million,…
Sega’s Low Sales Turn Focus To Digital, Won’t Appear at Gamescom
After a year of lower-than-expected sales, Sega is creating a new division to explore online and mobile games. They also join several…
Leaked Details on Eidos Montreal’s Next Game
Leaked details have apparently surfaced on Eidos Montreal’s next title. A hero’s journey and a mix of fantasy and sci-fi are hinted…
Report: GameStop discontinuing PSP games at smallest stores
GameStop is going to stop selling PSP titles at the smallest 25 percent of stores, Kotaku reports. A GameStop representative called this…
DLC Quest now on Mac App Store
Going Loud Studios’ uniquely endearing commentary on the current state of our industry’s fetish for all things microtransactional is now available on…
The Drop: Week of May 14th 2012 New Releases
From the crazy, ambient, mellow world which only exists within the mind of Baiyon, PixelJunk 4AM exclusively on PSN and PlayStation Move, reflects…
Study: Xbox 360 most popular non-PC device for watching video ads
The Xbox 360 is the most popular non-PC device for viewing online video, beating out iOS and Android handhelds, according to a…
‘The Walking Dead’ Tops XBLA Most-Played List
TellTale Games’ ‘The Walking Dead’ has reached the top spot in the Most Downloaded XBLA Titles for the week of April 30th,…
Rumor: Awesomenauts DLC character info discovered
A GameFaqs forums user by the name of MirrorB appears to have unearthed information detailing two forthcoming Awesomenauts DLC characters, one of…
‘Grand Theft Auto 5′ Not Targeting October Release Date?
Though it has long been assumed that ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ would be launching this October, one analyst thinks it’s more likely…
New MechWarrior Online trailer has no music, just giant robots
When your game involves giant robots with massive rockets, lasers and high-tech HUDs, you don’t need epic rock music drowning out the…
‘Hundreds of thousands’ have already bought Guild Wars 2, played beta
The Guild Wars 2 beta opened the weekend of April 27 to anyone who had pre-purchased the title, free from NDAs or…
Buy the greatest song ever written (and other Sonic soundtracks) on iTunes
The pinnacle of all human achievement, “Open Your Heart” from the Sonic Adventure soundtrack, is now available on iTunes, as are a…
Good morning, here’s the Dragon’s Dogma launch trailer
Most people may not know this, but starting your day off with dragons, burning ouroboroses and cheesy, overwrought voice acting is just…
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is confused and scared
Roughly two and a half weeks ago, at the behest of the Joystiq Qrew and my family, I ceased all consumption of…
Behind the scenes of Modern Warfare 3’s ‘Face Off’ DLC and Content Collection 2
Modern Warfare 3’s upcoming Face Off mode isn’t set hit to Xbox 360-enabled living rooms until next Wednesday, May 16, but it’s…